[b]Shao IX
Taoshe, Lilleap ( Capital city)
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Valag let out a long sigh as he stood from his chair in the senate chambers. Large candle chandeliers hung from the domed ceiling, illuminating a hastily laid map on the chamber floor. He was dressed in full combat armor, pockmarked with round impacts and burn marks. The majority of the senators were in  attendance as well, dressed in a similar fashion.
	The sound of a heavy guns could be heard in the distance along with sporadic machine gun fire. Valag looked up at the senators strewn around the room and shook his head “ How are things?” he said pointing down towards the map. The first senator to stand was from the capital district of Lilleap.

“ Fighting in the capitol is fierce, the city is cut in half. The Hygeia forces occupy the Northern end of the city. It is mostly residential but there are a few hospitals and a militia weapons depot, no more then 100 rifles.”

Valag sighed and nodded waving for the senator to take his seat. One after another senators rose to give their bad news, it was the same, The Hygeia family was taking ground.

A few days after the “Cosmic Event” the Hygeia family launched the biggest coup even seen in Aradite history. The Hygeia, Ghral, Jalai and Kumpt families grouped together and launched an attack on the capital cities of the core worlds. “ Do we know anything of our allies? The Kalai? Pugeux, Numare?” Valag said, nodding his head towards the foreign advisor in the room.

“ None, We know the Kalai’s on Jalag are fighting hard, but we don’t know how they are fairing. The Pugeux on Haloh and the  Numare on Icarus are still mysteries. We have heard sporadic reports of stolen ships but I am not sure of their validity. Admiral Yon from the third fleet has sent out ships to search. 

Valag sighed and sat back down in the stone chair, shaking his head. The Aradite Civil war had begun.





[b]Stolen Blackhole class ship
Unknown space between Shao IX and Enned Territory[/b]

Due to improper coordinates or just an untrained crew the ship ended up somewhere lost in space. Old star charts were useless now in this new barren vacuum and navigation was impossible. This ship was no different from the other in its class, but it carried something special. The most devastating weapon ever developed by the Aradites was sitting in the hangar bay of the small vessel. A small sphere sat contained in a gelatinous liquid case about the size of a standard 105mm shell. The crux of the entire Hygeia revolution was now lost in space with a handful of incompetent pirates.